Time Quotes by Ayn Rand

“At a time like this, we can't afford the luxury of thinking!”

— Ayn Rand

Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.

— Ayn Rand

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

— Ayn Rand

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

— Ayn Rand

That time and those people are upon you!

— Ayn Rand

A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist.

— Ayn Rand

“In times like these, when their fat little comforts are threatened, you may be sure that science is the first thing men…

— Ayn Rand

Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched".

— Ayn Rand

“The laws say that none among men may be alone, ever and at any time, for this is the great transgression and…

— Ayn Rand

“Held motionless by wonder, she stood looking at him, taking this moment, not in the name of the present, but as a…

— Ayn Rand

“The trees had protected it from time and weather, and from men who have less pity than time and weather.”

— Ayn Rand

Don't rely on our knowledge of what's best for your future. We do know, but it can't be best until you know…

— Ayn Rand

“Keating stood still, because he understood for the first time what it was that artists spoke about when they spoke of beauty.”

— Ayn Rand

“Nobody can tell what the course of a country’s future may be. It is not a matter of calculable trends, but a…

— Ayn Rand

“I'm going to die," he said aloud--and yawned. He felt no relief, no despair, no fear. The moment of his end would…

— Ayn Rand

“The course led them to the moment when, in answer to the highest of one's values, one's spirit makes one's body become…

— Ayn Rand

“In your worst and darkest moments remember that you have seen another kind of world. Remember that you can reach it whenever…

— Ayn Rand

“She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time that women did not run railroads and that people might…

— Ayn Rand

“It's only a matter of getting through the next few moments, she thought: take care of the next few moments, and then…

— Ayn Rand

Don't think of them now. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.…

— Ayn Rand

“If joy is the aim and the core of existence, she thought, and if that which has the power to give one…

— Ayn Rand

“There was a time when I looked at the tragic mess they’ve made of this earth, and I wanted to cry out,…

— Ayn Rand

I think it's funny. There was a time when men were afraid that somebody would reveal some secret of theirs that was…

— Ayn Rand

You're not sorry. You could've been here if you made the effort. But when did you ever make an effort for anybody…

— Ayn Rand

“The month behind her had gone, leaving nothing but the blank of dead time. It had gone into the planless, thankless work…

— Ayn Rand

“Paradoxically, it is the so-called pleasure-chasers—the men who seemingly live for nothing but the sensation of the moment, who are concerned only…

— Ayn Rand

There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government.…

— Ayn Rand

The goal of the 'liberals' - as it emerges from the record of the past decades - was to smuggle this country…

— Ayn Rand

“Who is the public? What does it hold as its good? There was a time when men believed that ‘the good’ was…

— Ayn Rand

“to cheat your way into a job bigger than your mind can handle is to become a fear-corroded ape on borrowed motions…

— Ayn Rand

“Then she understood that what she needed was the motion to a purpose, no matter how small or in what form, the…

— Ayn Rand

“The world of the future. The world I want. A world of obedience and of unity. A world where the thought of…

— Ayn Rand

“The people had come to witness a sensational case, to see celebrities, to get material for conversation, to be seen, to kill…

— Ayn Rand

“Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched. The things which are sacred or…

— Ayn Rand

“Haven't I? - he thought. Haven't I thought of it since the first time I saw you? Haven't I thought of nothing…

— Ayn Rand

“I want you, Hank. I'm much more of an animal than you think. I wanted you from the first moment I saw…

— Ayn Rand

“And suddenly, for the first time this day, we remembered that we are the damned. We remembered it, and we laughed.”

— Ayn Rand

For the first time since her return, she felt pain, a violent pain, but it made her feel alive, because it was…

— Ayn Rand

Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a…

— Ayn Rand

I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.

— Ayn Rand